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I'm against having wild animals as pets, since they are not domesticated. But if you really have to choose one, I'd say the capybara because they're the closest to domesticated out of all of those. Some cultures even keep and breed them for meat. But you'll have to keep in mind that they hate cramped spaces and rely a lot on lakes or other large bodies of water to regulate their temperature.
All others are a big no as pets, specially the first three. You can befriend some in the wild maybe, but unless you're rescuing them and they're unable to live in the wild, it'd be needless cruelty to keep them. I guess frogs are too inert to care, but you're still going to have to keep it trapped otherwise they'll either die or flee very quickly.
It's a bad idea, get something domesticated like a goat or chicken.
Edit: that's not an ostrich btw, but from my experience with actual ostriches in farms, they are incredibly aggressive and territorial. I'm not sure how the smaller relative behaves, but I wouldn't keep any of those near children or other smaller animals.
Ostrich is a bit aggressive and can kick really hard if provoked according to my cousins. The bird that we want is a Cassowary which is basically the current Velociraptor.